33 Outstanding Overseas Filipinos and Organizations Receive Presidential Awards

33 Outstanding Overseas Filipinos and Organizations Receive Presidential Awards

Lea Salonga, Lolita Valderrama Savage and Sheila Lirio Marcelo Among Awardees

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Museum Celebrates Holiday Season Filipino Style

Museum Celebrates Holiday Season Filipino Style

Kids can experience Filipino traditions by making paról stars, trying on regional costumes and playing games at Bank of Hawaii Family Sunday: Pasko!, December 21, 2014 at the Honolulu Museum of Art.

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Inspiring Achievers Speaker Series: Setting Up and Managing Offshore Teams: Best Practices in Outsourcing

Inspiring Achievers Speaker Series: Setting Up and Managing Offshore Teams: Best Practices in Outsourcing

Global Filipino Network in partnership with Fil-Am Chamber of Commerce Santa Clara Chapter and Stanford US-Asia Technology Management Center presents its "Inspiring Achievers Speaker Series: Setting Up and Managing Offshore Teams: Best Practices in Outsourcing" on December 10, 2014, Wednesday, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm at the CISX Auditorium, Paul Allen Bldg., 420 Via Palou, Stanford, CA 95054

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Nora Aunor, Weng-Weng and More at 21st Annual Facine Festival

Nora Aunor, Weng-Weng and More at 21st Annual Facine Festival

The longest-running festival of films from the Philippines and the Filipino diaspora, FACINE bestows the Gintong Ani Award on Cannes Filmfest awardee, Raymond Red; highlights works by Australian filmmaker Andrew Leavold, Filipino directors Mes de Guzman, Mikhail Red, Christian Linaban; PAWA is this year’s major sponsor

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Mom-Daughter Team Writes Yolanda-inspired Children’s Storybook

Mom-Daughter Team Writes Yolanda-inspired Children’s Storybook

To mark the first anniversary of Typhoon Yolanda, the mom-and-daughter team of Minnie Francisco-Francia and Ella Louise Francia recently released an illustrated children’s storybook inspired by the tales of typhoon survivors in Bantayan Island, Northern Cebu.  

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Evelyn Mandac Headlines Alay Kay Bonifacio Event at the San Francisco Philippine Center

Evelyn Mandac Headlines Alay Kay Bonifacio Event at the San Francisco Philippine Center

In celebration of Andres Bonifacio’s birth date, November 30,1863, Evelyn Mandac, soprano, Theresa Calpotura, classic guitarist, and Philippine Studies students from City College of San Francisco treated the Filipino/American community of San Francisco to a night of poetry and songs celebrating the hero at the Philippine Folklife Museum located in the Social Hall of the Philippine Center Building on Sutter Street.

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Give2Asia Launches "Yolanda: One Year Later Fund"

Give2Asia Launches "Yolanda: One Year Later Fund"

To commemorate the one-year anniversary of Typhoon Yolanda, Give2Asia has launched the One Year Later Fund in order to provide support for ongoing rehabilitation projects in affected communities in the Philippines. 

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7th Annual Commissioning Mass and Parol-Lighting Ceremony in San Francisco

7th Annual Commissioning Mass and Parol-Lighting Ceremony in San Francisco

The Filipino Ministry Consultative Board (FMCB) invites everyone to the 7th Annual Simbang Gabi Commissioning Mass & Parol-Lighting Ceremony. This event heralds the beginning of Simbang Gabi Masses in various parishes in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

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